Shirt.



Patented Feb. 20, |900.

E. Bv. GULD.

` SHIRT.

(Applieation med Sept. 28, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATE-s PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD ROLLIN GOULD, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

SHIRT.

i SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,793, datedFebruary 20, 1900.

Application filed September 28, 1899. Serial No. 731,964. (No model.)

170 all wir/071e t may concern:

Beit known that LEDWARD RoLLIN GOULD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and Sta'te of Washington,have invented an Improvement in Neglige Shirts, of which the followingis a specification.

The ordinary neglige shirt is objectionable for the reason that thecollar on account of its soft and flexible nature soon loses its propershape by becoming crushed and wrinkled, thereby giving it an untidyappearance and detracting from the general usefulness of the shirt. Toovercome this difficulty by imparting the required stiffness to thecollar to enable it to retain its shape and give it a neat and dressyappearance is the object of my invention, which consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described, andspecifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view of the upperportion of a neglige shirt having my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2is a view of the back of the same, the collar being turned up to showthe manner in which the detachable stiffening-piece is applied to thesame. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.Fig. Ll is a view showing a modified form of the stiffening-piece.

In the drawings, A represents the upper portion of a neglige shirt, Bthe neckband, and C the turn-over collar of the same. To the outer sideof the neckband B is stitched at the` bottom edge and ends a narrowflypiece D, provided at suitable intervals with buttonholes a, andforming between it and the neckband a long shallow pocket b, parallelwith the edge of the collar. Within this pocket b is placed the lowerportion of a stiffening-piece G, composed of stiffened linen or othersuitable material and held in place by means of buttons d, secured tothe neckband B and engaging buttonholes f in said stienening-piece andthe buttonholes 0. of the flypiece D, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The upper corners of the stiening-piece G are detachably secured to thecorners of the collars C to keep them in place, preferably by slippingthem into corner-pockets h h, formed on the inner side of said collar C;but the same result may be attained by means of buttons and buttonholes,if desired. The stiffeningpiece G may be of sufficient width to coverthe greater portion of the under side of the collar C and be turned downtherewith, as shown in Fig. 3, or it may be of a Width corresponding tothat of the neckband only, as shown in Fig. 4, in which lattercase itwill merely stiften the neckband, leaving the turned-over portion of theshirt-collar Cfree and without extra stiffening.

The above-described stiening device is exceedingly simple, adds verylittle to the cost of the shirt, and gives the collar at all times aneat, tidy, and dressy appearance, enabling the shirt to be worn on manyoccasions where it would otherwise be unsuitable.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-'e As a new article of manufacture, a shirt having a turn-over collarprovided on its under side with corner-pockets, a neckband having alongitudinal iypiece secured to its outer side forming a long shallowpocket, said flypiece being provided with buttonholes, a detachablestiffening-piece placed under the collar and extending lengthwise of thesame with its outer corners placed within the corner-pockets of theturn-over collar and its lower portion placed within the pocket of theneckband and provid ed with buttonholes,and buttons secured to theneckband and adapted to engage the buttonholes in the stiffeningpieceand flypiece, substantially as described.

Witness my hand this 26th day of September, A. D. 1899.

P. E. TESOHEMAOHER, L. I. BAsEoRD.

